break in(to) tears
break in(to) tears
To suddenly begin to cry. My mother was fine this morning, but she broke into tears at the funeral.
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break out in(to) tears and break in(to) tears
to start crying suddenly. I was so sad that I broke out into tears. I always break into tears at a funeral.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.